VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

ANTHRAX

• Anthrax itself is a well-known disease with a great degree of public significance.
• In case of elephants, sub-cutaneous oedema may be found, along with bursting of few swellings on body.
• However, bloody discharge from natural orifices is a commonly found symptom in case of wild bovids, cervids, antelopes etc.
• This disease has been documented in felids, canids, perissodactylids, primates, wild suids etc.